Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria. Promoting an image If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-third majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here. The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results. If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well. Delisting an image A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture. For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-third majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:.If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance. Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December. Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

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Step 1: Evaluate Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage For Nominations To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button. For Delists (or Delist & Replace) To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list ().

How to comment for Candidate Images Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional. Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly. You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case. Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly. Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version. How to comment for Delist Images Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture. Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture. Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture. You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person. You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}. Editing candidates If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied. Is my monitor adjusted correctly? In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting. Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting. On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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Current nominations

Matevž (food)

Voting period ends on 14 Apr 2017 at 07:48:32 (UTC)

Original – Matevž (Slovenian cuisine) with roast meat and sauerkraut. Often called just Matevž.

Reason

best shot of Matevž

Articles in which this image appears

Matevž

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink

Creator

Petar Milošević

• Support as nominator – Mile (talk) 07:48, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose No way for this composition... Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:56, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• Charlesjsharp - sorry, this is food photo and this compo is used mostly at food photo. These are not animals. --Mile (talk) 06:50, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• My issues with the composition: odd angle and cropped table mat. Technical issues: generally over-exposed, particularly right side of white plate is blown out, as is some of the cabbage. Food itself is not very sharp (taken at 1/60) with odd choice of F4, so little depth of field. Sorry. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:24, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• Well, dont go into food photo. ;) --Mile (talk) 13:21, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose - Quite a high quality photo of the food, I just find the composition to be jarring. Specifically how the placemat is cut off at strange angles. Mattximus (talk) 00:49, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Caltha palustris flower

Voting period ends on 14 Apr 2017 at 07:42:36 (UTC)

Original – Caltha palustris flower

Reason

good macroed image, blossoming and blooming

Articles in which this image appears

Caltha palustris

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers

Creator

Petar Milošević

• Support as nominator – Mile (talk) 07:42, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• Comment – Looks overexposed, oversaturated, or both. Sca (talk) 17:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

• True, so i made debright and added some space in bottom as suggested on Commons. --Mile (talk) 19:49, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

• Comment I struggle to see what makes this FP. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:55, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• Charlesjsharp, try to shot and you will see. --Mile (talk) 06:51, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• Well I don't do flowers Petar, but if I did I wouldn't choose F7.1. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:12, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• Charlesjsharp i do focus stacking. Because of that, my f is merely uninteresting stuff. And dont worry, i know what i am doing. Nothing is missing on this flower. By the way, made of 32 shots. That is a lot lot more than some...how much, f !? And in better quality than all single shots of flower. --Mile (talk) 13:18, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• OK. I understand the F7.1, but shouldn't the image say that it is a composite of many images? You are right that a focus stack should produce very sharp images, but in this one the definition doesn't seem to be quite there, though I'm not opposing the image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:55, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

• I added stacking into description. --Mile (talk) 07:01, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Nominations — to be closed

Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Closing procedure

A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Jujutacular/closeFPC

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

2. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image name}} to the top of the section.
3. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the April archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
4. If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.
5. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

When promoted, perform the following:

1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~

   • Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:

   Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

2. Add the image to:
   • Template:Announcements/New featured content - newest on top, remove the oldest so that 15 are listed at all times.
   • Wikipedia:Goings-on - newest on bottom.
   • Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs - newest on top.
3. Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.

   The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.

4. Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
5. Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
6. If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
7. Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
8. If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
9. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
10. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the April archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
11. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

1. Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
2. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

3. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
4. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the Retained section of the archive.
5. Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
3. Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.
4. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
5. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} page to the bottom of the Delisted section of the archive.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
   • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.

2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.
6. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
7. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the Replaced section of the archive.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Apr 2017 at 05:45:47 (UTC)

Original – Letter from Theresa May invoking Article 50

Reason

In lieu of the referendum last year in the United Kingdom which confirmed the exit of the Britain from the European Union, it was announced that the Prime Minister would invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union sometime in 2017. As it happens, yesterday was that day, so I am presenting the copy of the formal invocation of Article 50, giving formal notice to the Council of the European Union of a member state's intention to withdraw from the EU in order to allow withdrawal negotiations to begin as required by the Treaty on European Union. Since this is the first time that such paperwork has ever been formally invoked, I am listing it here for FPC consideration.

Articles in which this image appears

United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, Brexit, European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others

Creator

UK Prime Minister Theresa May / 10 Downing Street

• Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 05:45, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
• Not eligible – Sorry, hasn't been on any page long enough, thus doesn't fulfill criteria. --Janke | Talk 07:33, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
  • @Janke: My apologies; I was unaware that the criteria had shifted again. Well that leaves us with two options: prematurely closing this nomination or moving this to the suspended nominations section and waiting it out for 7 days. I leave that choice to you and yours. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:21, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
    • The criteria have been like that for ages. We'll make exceptions for new articles, sometimes, but I really can't see any consensus to support such an exception here. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:05, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
• I wouldn't support it if re-nominated. Valuable document but not FP. 18:42, 30 March 2017 (UTC) Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:32, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose – Agree with previous comment. Significant event but the letter itself is basically a bureaucratic document. Sca (talk) 21:09, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose – It's the content itself that is noteworthy, not the actual letter itself. So I don't see any EV here.Mattximus (talk) 02:01, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose - I have nothing against FPs of documents, including historical letters (Bixby letter, for example). However, this does not meet quality standards by any stretch of the imagination.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:05, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:52, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Small heath butterfly

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Apr 2017 at 14:29:55 (UTC)

Original – The underside of a small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus), taken in May in the Kampinos Forest, near Warsaw in Poland

Reason

illustrates this butterfly very clearly. FPC on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Small heath (butterfly)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:29, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – pity the ends of the feelers are out-of-focus, but overall very nice with good detail. —Bruce1ee^talk 14:43, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

• Yes they always will be with a macro shot I'm afraid. DoF is only a few mm. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:13, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

• Support - The only way to get more in focus is to use a smaller aperture (f/14, for example), which would mean less detail on the scales, or focus stacking, which wouldn't work well with a live subject (File:Mealybugs of flower stem, Yogyakarta, 2014-10-31.jpg was the only decent result I got out of 50+ shots). This is great. I would prefer the image saved with less compression, however.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:22, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks Chris. After reading your comment, I checked a DoF chart and did a test. I reckon I took the picture 25cm away from this 18mm butterfly. With my 100mm macro lens at F11 I have 1.6mm DoF which is OK if you can get the insect absolutely square on to the camera. 1/400 sec was needed for hand held crouching near the ground. I then cropped to 60% of the original 5472 x 3648 pixels. At F14, the DoF only goes up to 2.0mm. F14 is two stops and also, my camera (like most) produces better images at F11 than F14. ISO 800 is the highest speed I can sensibly use, so it would not have been possible to use F14, even in the excellent lighting conditions I had. I'm not sure what you mean by 'less compression'. This image is not downsized, it is just cropped, then saved as maximum quality JPG. If I could get closer to the subject to use full frame (therefore no cropping), I reckon I would have been 13cm away. Unfortunately that would cut DoF to 0.3mm which doesn't work at all. Also, the butterfly would have flown away! And if it didn't for some reason, me and my camera would block out too much light and usually throw a shadow. Obviously there is no chance for proper focus-stacking in the field though one can sometimes manually stitch a couple of images together. It's all a carefully calculated compromise! Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:17, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

• Yep. My comment "less detail on the scales" was meant to refer to the diffraction issues which leads to the camera (lens?) producing better images at F11 than F14, but in a way that non-photographers can understand. I didn't go into ISO etc. for the same reason.

I just opened the image in PS. It showed that you saved at a quality level of 10 (out of 12). That shouldn't lead to any noticeable JPG artifacts. Hmm... I'll PM you on your talk page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:15, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

• Support - Looks good to me. Mattximus (talk) 02:13, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 19:29, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
• Support - The butterfly is too furry. The eyes and nose can't be clearly shot. Marvellous Spider-Man 04:18, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• Support --Mile (talk) 07:32, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
• Support - excellent shot! Kaldari (talk) 08:22, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Promoted File:Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) head.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:32, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Red-legged seriema

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2017 at 16:37:02 (UTC)

Original – Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) from Brazil

Reason

The beauty of this bird is all in the head. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Red-legged seriema, seriema, List of birds of Brazil

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:37, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Another finely detailed shot of an interesting avian species. Sca (talk) 18:13, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – but prefer a wider crop on left. Bammesk (talk) 02:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Nice and sharp (I don't have a problem with the crop). —Bruce1ee^talk 06:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Since the subject is facing and, so to speak, pointing right, it makes sense in terms of composition to have more space on the right. Sca (talk) 14:37, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

• As it's always a matter of choice I usually upload a 3x2 then overwrite a cropped image, then everyone can choose the crop they like. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:16, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

• Support – Jobas (talk) 19:28, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose – Fails some points in 3rd criteria of WP:WIAFP. --Marvellous Spider-Man 03:54, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Such as? Sca (talk) 17:14, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Grateful for an explanation of 'Fails some points in 3rd criteria' please. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:14, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Looks very sharp & clear to me. Sca (talk) 15:07, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Entire body should be visible, instead of only the head. The article is Red-legged seriema, not Red-legged seriema's head. --Marvellous Spider-Man 11:41, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

By that logic, we should never use mug shots of people. It's an interesting head. Sca (talk) 14:59, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

There is a difference, when it's used to identify the entire species of Human being or Homo Sapien, not Britney Spears or any specific human being. This picture represents the entire species of the bird Red-legged seriema, not any popular specific animal like Bobbie the Wonder Dog and Fido. --Marvellous Spider-Man 15:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

IMO, this red-legged seriema pic. is more interesting than the one of Ms. Spears in her infobox – her massive (15,400-word) article notwithstanding. Sca (talk) 15:46, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

The only interesting thing about this bird is its head. We could also have FP of the whole bird, but since it runs along the ground, it's tricky to get a very special shot. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Promoted File:Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) head.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:03, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Castle of Zafra (Guadalajara)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2017 at 01:07:18 (UTC)

Original – The Castle of Zafra is a 12th-century castle located in the municipality of Campillo de Dueñas, in Guadalajara, Spain. Built in the late 12th or early 13th centuries on a sandstone outcrop in the Sierra de Caldereros, it stands on the site of a former Visigothic and Moorish fortification that fell into Christian hands in 1129. It had considerable strategic importance as a virtually impregnable defensive work on the border between Christian and Muslim-ruled territory.

Reason

High quality. Gives a stunning view of the castle and its surroundings.

Articles in which this image appears

Castle of Zafra (Guadalajara)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator –  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:07, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support Illustrates the castle and location well. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:55, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Historically interesting. (Could be cropped a bit tighter on both sides.) Sca (talk) 14:55, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

• comment I wouldn't crop - I think the surroundings are important. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:28, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

• Support – As per nom. However, I like the framing as is and I would not crop it. Mattximus (talk) 00:28, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:30, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support – as is. Oppose any cropping. --Janke | Talk 05:39, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support high quality image, excellent composition, appealing light. --ELEKHH^T 22:52, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 19:26, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
• Support – As per Elekhh. Marvellous Spider-Man 04:20, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Promoted File:Castillo de Zafra, Campillo de Dueñas, Guadalajara, España, 2017-01-04, DD 41-46 PAN.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:41, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

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